Episodes
Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer, and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss Kate Zambreno's TO WRITE AS IF ALREADY DEAD. Read along with us if you like! Click here for a full list of books discussed. Visit us online at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright ...
Published 09/28/22
Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Read along with us if you like! Books mentioned: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton Summer by Edith Wharton Old New York by Edith Wharton Edith Wharton by...
Published 08/29/22
Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss Alice Hattrick's book ILL FEELINGS and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton. Read along with us if you like! Books mentioned: Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick This Little Art by Kate Briggs Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon Essayism: On Form, Feeling, and Nonfiction by Brian Dillon The Years by Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison L....
Published 07/25/22
Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss Sylvia Townsend Warner's novel Lolly Willowes and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick. Read along with us if you like! Books mentioned: • Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner • Criminal Trials in Scotland by Robert Pitcairn • The Witch Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Murray • Sylvia Townsend Warner by Claire Harman • Summer Will Show...
Published 06/25/22
Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss Abdulrazak Gurnah's 2017 novel Gravel Heart and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Read along with us if you like! Books mentioned: Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare The Last Gift by Abdulrazak Gurnah The works of Joseph Conrad (Marlow narration in Lord Jim, Chance, Heart of Darkness) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy...
Published 05/25/22
Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss Yūko Tsushima’s 1980 novel Woman Running in the Mountains (tr. Geraldine Harcourt) and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah.  Books mentioned: Woman Running in the Mountains by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt Of Dogs and Walls by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt...
Published 04/25/22
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss Susan Sontag's 1992 novel THE VOLCANO LOVER and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss WOMAN RUNNING IN THE MOUNTAINS by Yūko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt. Read along with us if you like!   Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a...
Published 03/25/22
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they introduce themselves, describe their plan for the podcast, and talk about their current reading.  Looking ahead, for our first full episode we will discuss Susan Sontag's THE VOLCANO LOVER. Read along with us if you like!   Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a newsletter at...
Published 03/14/22